6 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
Horvath, A. Ueber die respiration der Winterschlafer. (Fortsetzung) 
Verb Ges. Wiirzb. xv. Anhang, pp. 177-186. 
. Einfluss der verscbiedener Temperatiiren auf die Winterschlafer. 
L. c. pp. 187-219. 
These papers deal with the respiration and temperature of hybornating 
Rodents, chiefly Spermopliilus citillus. 
Klein, E. A further contribution to the minute anatomy of the organ 
of Jacobson in the Guinea-pig. Q. J. Micr. Sci. 1881, pp. 219-230, 
pis. xvi. & xvii. 
Lefour, — . Animaux domestiques: Zootechnie gem^rale. 6*"® Ed. 
Paris: 1881. 
[Not seei;i by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. v. p. 6.] 
Lepsius, G. R. [See Ilalitheriidm.'] 
Lewis, W. B. On the Comparative Structure of the Brain in Rodents. 
P. R. Soc. xxxiii. pp. 15-21. 
Describes the histology of the cortex cerehri^ and the connection of the 
olfactory lobe with the cerebrum, as seen in the Rabbit and Rat. 
Lister, J. J., & Fletcher, J. J. [See Macropodidce.'] 
Lucae, j. 0. G. Zur Statikund Mechanik dor Quad rupoden and 
Lemur), Frankfurt : 1881, 4to, pp. 1-24, pis. i. & ii. 
Luchsinger, B. Von den Venenherzen in der Flughaut der Fleder- 
mause (Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von dem peripheren Gef iisstonus) . 
Arch. ges. Phys. xxvi. pp. 445-458. 
Lydekker, R. Note on some Mammalian Fossils from Perirn Island, 
in the collection of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic 
Society. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind. xiv. pp. 155 Sc 156, and Pal. Ind. 
(10) ii. pp. 63-65. 
Remains of Dinotherium, Aceratherium, and a trilophodont Mastodon. 
[See also Carnivora and Rhinocerotidce.'\ 
Macleod, Jules. Contribution a Tetude de la structure de Tovaire des 
Mammiferes. Arch. Biol. ii. pp. 127-144, pis. viii. & ix. 
Deals with the structure and relations of the ovary in the Primates 
and Lemures. 
Markham, C. R. On the Whale Fishery of the Basque Provinces of 
Spain. P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 969-976. 
An interesting account of the history of the fishery formerly carried 
on by the Basques. The whale hunted was Balcena biscayensis. 
Mivart, St. G. The Cat. An introduction to the study of backboned 
Animals, especially Mammals. With 200 illustrations. London : 
1881, 8vo, pp. i.-xxiii. & 1-557. 
Mobius, K. ■ Beitrage zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der 
Seychellen. Berlin : 1880, pp. 1-352. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xvii.] 
The introductory portion of this work (pp. 36 & 37) contains a few 
remarks on the land fauna of Mauritius. The few Mammalia noticed 
are all, except a Pteropus^ introduced species. 
